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The Grand Turk
Oil and gas is Erdogan's trump card against Europe
2020-05-09
[Rudaw] When Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
 wanted to threaten the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) days before its planned independence referendum in September 2017, he only needed to remind the Kurds that their treasured oil revenue reaches the market via Ottoman Turkish territory. "We have the tap. The moment we close the tap, then it’s done," Erdogan said at the time.

With the completion of the TurkStream pipeline, Erdogan now holds a similar political and economic trump card which he can use at will to turn the pressure on and off on Europe.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  It's not like they outsourced their drugs and manufacturing base to an adversary.
Posted by: gorb   2020-05-09 17:24  

#4  Sounds quite familiar!
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-09 09:08  

#3  (2018) Sixty-seven percent of Russia's tax revenues came from energy exports, particularly gas. Gazprom, and Russian resource oligarchs, the kleptocracy, operate with Kremlin approval. As noted, they operate in conjunction with the elites in countries such as Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey.
Posted by: b   2020-05-09 09:03  

#2  "Erdogan", isn't that arab for butt plug? Cause the EU is sure feeling it.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-05-09 02:11  

#1  Hmm........two bad players. Nice little pickle you are in EU.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2020-05-09 01:33  

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